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I'm very curious about that too. Many famous people have taken breaks from Twitter but to delete every single tweet is an interesting way to go. It's public so I can't see him trying to hide something but why else would you do it? To avoid and further Twitter interaction or something?

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Exactly this. It removes the temptation of someone commenting on an old post and then having media contact him to ask what he thinks about someone's opinion of something he said a long time ago.

Could someone have archived all his tweets and still bring it up? Sure, but it's far less likely.

His twitter posts are double posted in his Facebook profile. It's a hassle to delete all your online skeletons.

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